Description: March and April are excellent times to view large numbers of Snow and Canada Geese, Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, and many duck species. Franklin’s Gull, White-faced Ibis, and Double-crested Cormorant all nest colonially on the WMA. During spring and summer, common species include Western, Pied-billed, and Eared Grebes, Willet, American Coot, Ruddy Duck, Mallard, Canvasback, Gadwall, Northern Pintail, Bufflehead, Cinnamon, Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Lesser Scaup, Ring-billed and California Gulls, Black-headed Grosbeak, Bullock’s Oriole, Eastern and Western Kingbirds, Western Wood-Pewee, Western Tanager, Yellow Warbler, and Great Horned and Short-eared Owls. Songbird and shorebird numbers peak in May and common migrants include Wilson’s and MacGillivray’s Warblers, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Willet, Long-billed Curlew, Spotted, Western, Least, Baird’s, and Pectoral Sandpipers, Long-billed Dowitcher, and Wilson’s Phalarope. In winter, look for Bald and Golden Eagles, Peregrine Falcon, Rough-legged Hawk, and Northern Goshawk. Greater Sage-Grouse and Gray Partridge can be seen year-round.